120 statements

Never Have I Ever Questions for Teens Aged 13 to 17

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Never have I ever been caught singing out loud with headphones on.

Never have I ever entered a science fair with a project that stopped working on the day.

Never have I ever handed in work with no name on it and watched the teacher hold it up.

Never have I ever taken a penalty, a free throw or a serve with the whole crowd silent.

Never have I ever carried a permission slip around for a week before getting it signed.

Never have I ever listened to one album from start to finish without skipping a track.

Never have I ever fixed up a secondhand bike, board or instrument and then used it.

Never have I ever been asked a question in class while my mind was somewhere else.

Never have I ever built something in a woodshop or robotics class and taken it home.

Never have I ever shared a back seat with two other people for more than three hours.

Never have I ever built flat-pack furniture with a parent and argued about the steps.

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At school 24

Never have I ever been on a school trip that stayed somewhere overnight.
Never have I ever built something in a woodshop or robotics class and taken it home.
Never have I ever carried a permission slip around for a week before getting it signed.
Never have I ever changed schools in the middle of a year.
Never have I ever decorated the inside of my locker.
Never have I ever entered a science fair with a project that stopped working on the day.
Never have I ever finished a worksheet in the hallway five minutes before class.
Never have I ever given a presentation with my note cards in the wrong order.
Never have I ever given a younger student a tour of the school.
Never have I ever gotten lost on the first day at a bigger school.
Never have I ever had a free period in my schedule.
Never have I ever had a pen run dry halfway through a test.
Never have I ever had the same teacher two years in a row.
Never have I ever looked at pond water under a microscope.
Never have I ever picked my own classes for the year.
Never have I ever played in a school band or orchestra concert.
Never have I ever read the morning announcements to the whole school.
Never have I ever sat an exam that lasted more than two hours.
Never have I ever started a club at school.
Never have I ever stayed after school for a club that had fewer than five members.
Never have I ever taken a class in a language nobody at home speaks.
Never have I ever visited a college or university campus.
Never have I ever worked backstage on a school show.
Never have I ever worked on a school newspaper or yearbook.

Sport and teams 24

Never have I ever beaten a teacher at a sport.
Never have I ever been a team captain.
Never have I ever been picked first for a team in gym class.
Never have I ever been the youngest player on a team.
Never have I ever celebrated a point too early.
Never have I ever cheered so loudly at a game that I lost my voice.
Never have I ever ducked when the ball was coming straight to me.
Never have I ever gone a whole season without missing a practice.
Never have I ever gone to a tryout without knowing the rules of the sport.
Never have I ever gotten up before sunrise for a practice or a game.
Never have I ever helped coach or manage a team of younger players.
Never have I ever kept score or run the clock for a game.
Never have I ever learned a move from a video and tried it in a real game.
Never have I ever played a sport I had never heard of until gym class.
Never have I ever played two different sports on the same day.
Never have I ever refereed or umpired a game for younger players.
Never have I ever run the wrong way in a relay or a drill.
Never have I ever sat on the bench for a whole game and still cheered.
Never have I ever swum in a race.
Never have I ever taken a penalty, a free throw or a serve with the whole crowd silent.
Never have I ever traveled more than two hours for a tournament.
Never have I ever turned up on game day without part of my uniform.
Never have I ever won a game of table tennis against an adult.
Never have I ever worn a team mascot costume.

Family and home 24

Never have I ever been called by a sibling's name or the pet's name.
Never have I ever been in charge of a pet for a whole week.
Never have I ever been mistaken for my brother, sister or cousin by a teacher.
Never have I ever been outvoted on what the family watches.
Never have I ever been put in charge of the music on a long drive.
Never have I ever been the one who remembers everyone's birthdays.
Never have I ever been trusted with a house key of my own.
Never have I ever built flat-pack furniture with a parent and argued about the steps.
Never have I ever built or repaired something at home that the family still uses.
Never have I ever cooked a dinner that my family asked for again.
Never have I ever done the grocery shopping on my own from a list.
Never have I ever fixed the TV or the wifi for a grandparent.
Never have I ever heard a relative tell a baby story about me in front of my friends.
Never have I ever helped a younger sibling or cousin with homework.
Never have I ever learned a family recipe by heart.
Never have I ever looked after a younger child for an evening.
Never have I ever met relatives at a reunion who knew all about me.
Never have I ever planned a whole family day out.
Never have I ever sat at the kids' table when I felt too old for it.
Never have I ever shared a back seat with two other people for more than three hours.
Never have I ever taken the family photo that ended up in a frame.
Never have I ever walked a dog before school.
Never have I ever washed the dishes before anyone asked.
Never have I ever won an argument with a parent by looking up the facts.

Hobbies and projects 24

Never have I ever been to a concert in a stadium or an arena.
Never have I ever bought all the gear for a new hobby and quit within a month.
Never have I ever collected something and kept a list of what I was missing.
Never have I ever designed a logo, a poster or a shirt for a team or a club.
Never have I ever drawn a comic strip with more than one episode.
Never have I ever filled in a job application.
Never have I ever finished a video game at 100 percent.
Never have I ever fixed up a secondhand bike, board or instrument and then used it.
Never have I ever had a job with a schedule.
Never have I ever kept a sketchbook and filled every page.
Never have I ever learned a magic trick well enough to fool an adult.
Never have I ever learned a song on an instrument from a video.
Never have I ever learned the rules of a game only so I could beat one particular person.
Never have I ever learned to knit, crochet or sew from a relative.
Never have I ever listened to one album from start to finish without skipping a track.
Never have I ever made an animation frame by frame.
Never have I ever played a tabletop role-playing game.
Never have I ever played chess against a clock.
Never have I ever practiced something every day for a month without missing one.
Never have I ever solved a puzzle cube without looking up the steps.
Never have I ever taken a driving lesson.
Never have I ever taken apart something electronic to see how it works.
Never have I ever written a computer program that did something useful.
Never have I ever written a song, a poem or a story that nobody has read.

Small embarrassments 24

Never have I ever asked a question the teacher had answered one minute earlier.
Never have I ever been asked a question in class while my mind was somewhere else.
Never have I ever been caught singing out loud with headphones on.
Never have I ever called a friend's parent by the wrong name.
Never have I ever dressed for a theme day on the wrong day.
Never have I ever given an answer in class that belonged to a different subject.
Never have I ever gone to school on a day it was closed.
Never have I ever gotten a joke a full minute late and laughed all alone.
Never have I ever handed in work with no name on it and watched the teacher hold it up.
Never have I ever held out a hand for a high five that nobody saw.
Never have I ever kicked a ball and watched my shoe fly farther than the ball.
Never have I ever knocked a whole pencil case onto the floor during a silent test.
Never have I ever left a trail of things falling out of an open backpack.
Never have I ever missed a trash can from across the room with everyone watching.
Never have I ever opened a bag of chips in a quiet room and had every head turn.
Never have I ever packed my bag for the wrong day of the week.
Never have I ever printed an essay and left it on the printer at home.
Never have I ever read a sentence aloud in class and skipped a whole line.
Never have I ever said a word so wrong in a language class that the teacher laughed.
Never have I ever spelled my own name wrong on a test.
Never have I ever thought it was Saturday and slept in on a school day.
Never have I ever tried to sit down and missed the chair.
Never have I ever tried to slip into class late and had the door slam behind me.
Never have I ever waited ten minutes outside the wrong room before checking my schedule.

How it works

Good never have I ever questions for teens let a player laugh at themselves. These 120 are for ages 13 to 17, a teacher could read every one to a class, and none is about dating, looks, parties or phones.

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Fingers are the score

Ten fingers each, or five when the bell is close. The reader calls the card, and anyone it is true of loses a finger, the reader as well. Next card, and the screen goes to the next reader. A lone dropped finger means that player tells the story. To pick a winner, stop after 15 cards and count: most fingers left wins.

The Middle school pill and the five topics

Middle school is a pick of 60 cards for middle schoolers, ages 11 to 14, so tweens and 13-year-olds get nothing about jobs, driving lessons or long exams: those nine cards are never in it. At school works as a school edition for homeroom: never have I ever had a pen run dry halfway through a test.

Anyone may pass without giving a reason: the reader presses Next card and nobody asks.
With a class or a youth group, play standing: five fingers up, and sit down when the last one drops.
Keep Hard for close friends: a lone finger there means a story, such as wearing the team mascot costume.

Questions and answers

Can a teacher play this deck with teenagers in class?

Yes. Each card was written so a teacher could read it aloud. None is about dating or crushes, bodies or looks, parties, phones or social media, alcohol, drugs or anything illegal. The full list sits under the card to read first.

How is this deck different from the one for kids?

The never have I ever questions for kids are for ages 6 to 12: mud pies, pillow forts and class pets. This deck is about tryouts, note cards, house keys and small school-day embarrassments. For mixed ages, use the kids deck.

Are there separate never have I ever questions for teen girls or boys?

No. No card depends on being a girl or a boy, so a sleepover, a team bus and a mixed class all deal from the same 120. For a sleepover, Small embarrassments and Family and home bring out the most stories.

Notes

Every card on this page was written to be read aloud in front of children and grandparents: nothing sexual, no alcohol or drugs, no bullying and nothing that singles out a group of people. If a card misses that mark, please tell us through the contact page and we will remove it.

More notes about this page

Cards and picks are random and meant for fun. Skip any card that does not suit your group; the host's call is final.

How this list was compiled: Written for this site on 2026-09-18 for players aged 13 to 17; every statement is our own wording and no list was copied from anywhere. This is the fingers version of the game and nothing else: each player holds up ten fingers, or five for a short round, and puts one down for every card they have done. There is no official rulebook; a common ending is that the last player with a finger up wins. Every statement was read against one rule: a teacher could read it out to a class. Nothing here is about dating or crushes, bodies or looks, parties, phones or social media, alcohol, drugs, money, a player's background or home language, or anything illegal or unsafe; one statement about the language spoken at home was replaced on 2026-09-20 for that reason. The five topic groups hold 24 statements each. The Middle school group was redone on 2026-09-20 as a pick, so that it really narrows the deck: it holds the 60 statements that fit ages 11 to 14 best, and never the 9 about jobs, driving lessons, long exams, choosing classes and coaching younger players. That pick is our judgment, not a test. The levels are ours too: easy statements are things most teenagers have done, medium ones about half, and hard ones only a few, so a round on Hard leaves most fingers up. The Small embarrassments group sticks to moments a player can laugh at, and any player may pass on any card. No statement is longer than 90 characters. Licence: own work